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· Di benchen71 · Pubblicato 2023-02-07T05:00:46.292Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to the meta is a two-word movie title
I put this puzzle together while being treated for kidney stones - yikes, those little things are painful! So it is possible that this one won't hang together as well as you might expect. So with that caveat, jump in and see if you can solve the meta by discovering a two-word movie title. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=120463#p120463
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta!
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  • I K Snamhcok solved 2023-02-07T05:56:33.873Z
  • SeamusOL solved 2023-02-07T06:42:11.131Z
  • woozy solved 2023-02-07T08:02:29.816Z
  • Cindy Heisler solved 2023-02-07T11:45:46.552Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2023-02-07T14:18:26.338Z
  • Alex Sisti solved 2023-02-07T14:36:19.707Z
  • Meg solved 2023-02-07T14:45:17.214Z
  • DIS solved 2023-02-07T14:57:28.973Z
  • boharr solved 2023-02-07T14:58:44.655Z
  • markhr solved 2023-02-07T16:35:20.831Z
  • CPJohnson solved 2023-02-07T16:38:01.992Z
  • ajk solved 2023-02-07T16:41:19.341Z
  • Tyrpmom solved 2023-02-07T16:50:22.070Z
  • ChrisCross solved 2023-02-07T16:59:55.777Z
  • Carolyn solved 2023-02-07T17:12:04.151Z
  • Darth solved 2023-02-07T17:21:48.355Z
  • MatthewL solved 2023-02-07T17:45:05.160Z
  • Hector solved 2023-02-07T19:25:47.999Z
  • Ergcat solved 2023-02-07T19:41:21.455Z
  • whimsy solved 2023-02-07T20:34:33.022Z
  • Bbaack solved 2023-02-07T20:46:01.184Z
  • Cindy Weatherman solved 2023-02-07T20:57:00.859Z
  • Dave C solved 2023-02-07T21:01:21.761Z
  • Qmark solved 2023-02-07T23:32:32.143Z
  • Gutman solved 2023-02-08T01:46:42.994Z
  • Laura M solved 2023-02-08T05:03:09.537Z
  • frostyjhammer solved 2023-02-08T05:52:23.512Z
  • Johnny Luau solved 2023-02-08T14:53:28.416Z
  • Golem solved 2023-02-08T17:37:36.994Z
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  • DrTom solved 2023-02-11T13:20:09.713Z
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  • Teamdoubletow solved 2023-02-11T14:05:17.799Z
  • Mikey G solved 2023-02-11T23:41:15.356Z
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  • I K Snamhcok 🤓10:23 · 2023-02-07T06:01:02.252Z
    What’s “The Greatest”? I must shamefully admit, I don’t know this movie. Though I very vaguely remember, maybe, a movie about and/or with Muhammad Ali by that title. Correct? Googling is turning up that movie, and an indie film from 2009.
    • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-02-07T06:55:28.537Z
      I was thinking of the Mohammed Ali movie. But the only connection is that the puzzle title suggests looking for "best" in "ten". So I've hidden THE GREATEST between I and O. ;-)
    • woozy 9:54 · 2023-02-07T08:05:14.161Z
      Caveat heeded.
      Funny thing. I completed the grid and struggle before I realized I had never read the clue for 40A. ... the clue made a difference.
      • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-02-08T01:22:56.819Z
        The central entry to the rescue!
      • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2023-02-07T11:50:02.049Z
        It is always nice when I don't have to use Google. Nice one, Ben. Thanks!
        • Alex Sisti 10s · 2023-02-07T14:36:56.904Z
          Great meta... I give it a 10!
          • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-02-08T01:23:30.760Z
            Thanks! "I owe" you one!
          • boharr 15s · 2023-02-07T15:00:01.709Z
            Never heard of the movie unfortunately
            • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-02-08T01:25:14.908Z
              I've never seen it either. I could have said the answer was a two-word phrase!
            • CPJohnson 4s · 2023-02-07T16:38:30.555Z
              Thanks, Ben!
              • Darth 🤓8:53 · 2023-02-07T17:25:26.200Z
                Solved, but still trying to figure out the title and meta theme. I suppose it's a play on words... "in ten" (10)? Thanks, Ben. Sorry about the kidney stones.
                • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-02-08T01:26:17.309Z
                  You got it. There has been no recurrence of the kidney stones since constructing this puzzle just under a year ago, fortunately!
                • Carolyn 3s · 2023-02-07T17:13:13.199Z
                  Excellent! Feel better soon.
                  • MatthewL 7:33 · 2023-02-07T17:46:46.722Z
                    Nice one! Figured out the mechanism and got the answer, but didn't fully appreciate the title until I saw Ben's explanation. Very clever.
                    • Ergcat 26:16 · 2023-02-07T19:43:32.729Z
                      Never heard of that movie ! And, unusual for me, I got the mechanism right away! lol! Thank you for the confidence boost, Ben!
                      • Dave C 4s · 2023-02-07T21:02:42.094Z
                        It was a quick solve - fun.
                        • Bbaack 🤓15:17 · 2023-02-07T20:49:36.587Z
                          I love it when a meta is based entirely on a common phrase. Well done!
                          • Qmark 3s · 2023-02-07T23:32:59.837Z
                            Another great meta, Ben! Thanks.
                            • Laura M 🤓11:31 · 2023-02-08T05:11:48.976Z
                              I'm impressed that you could focus well enough to create a crossword at all, let alone a good one, while dealing with kidney stones!
                              • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-02-09T22:29:23.374Z
                                There's another "kidney stones" puzzle coming next week, too!
                              • Sharkicicles 5s · 2023-02-08T21:58:22.214Z
                                I didn’t have a TRS-80, but I did have a Commodore VIC-20 and an Apple IIGS. Thanks for the puzzle!
                                • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-02-09T22:28:55.313Z
                                  I loved my TRS-80! I learned to program (and type) on that thing. :D
                                  • dplass 🤓7:25 · 2023-02-10T02:56:11.377Z
                                    I just got a new (to me) TRS-80 Model 102 (laptop). It was a funny coincidence to see it in this grid.
                                • ReB 4s · 2023-02-10T04:11:49.163Z
                                  I had circled the "ten" in the title but for some reason didn't take the next step to look up the moons of Jupiter. The first nudge got me to do that, and once I found Io I immediately realized what as going on and what had to be the mechanism, and it took seconds after that. Just too many metas at once competing for my attention, I think.
                                  Was the pain rating with your kidney stone a 10 that got you to think of this idea?
                                  • benchen71 costruttore · 2023-02-10T07:06:53.092Z
                                    I honestly don't remember what the seed was for this meta, but yes, dealing with kidney stones was the most pain I've ever experienced, and I really don't want to go through that again!
                                  • DrTom 3s · 2023-02-11T13:38:11.237Z
                                    Fun puzzle Ben. The SE corner gave me some trouble, I am perhaps one of three people in the world that didn't know Elon kid's name (and probably one of thousands who think it is: Chemical symbol for Arsenic, Roman numeral 1, first odd composite number - AS I NINE!). The Central clue gave me the Intelligence to Answer (CIA for future reference). I too thought of Ali but a search turned up the Indie film which I plan to watch because it sounds good, so you've done me two favors today.
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                                    Club in a Manilow song
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                                    Orizzontali
                                    1. 1A
                                      Club in a Manilow song
                                    2. 5A
                                      Royal decree
                                    3. 10A
                                      Baby bears
                                    4. 14A
                                      Netflix rival
                                    5. 15A
                                      Range below alto
                                    6. 16A
                                      Quod ___ demonstrandum
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                                      Coup d'___
                                    8. 18A
                                      Pick on
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                                      "For the ___ of all that's holy!"
                                    10. 20A
                                      Can't do ___ (need)
                                    11. 22A
                                      Small pastry case with a filling of fruit or other sweet or savoury mixture
                                    12. 24A
                                      Determined to do
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                                      Sir's counterpart
                                    14. 26A
                                      Follower of Jah, for short
                                    15. 29A
                                      Comes down in flakes
                                    16. 32A
                                      Cash points
                                    17. 35A
                                      Tropical tuber
                                    18. 37A
                                      Sabre-tooth from "Ice Age"
                                    19. 39A
                                      ___-80 (early home computer - I had one of these!)
                                    20. 40A
                                      Planet with a moon whose name looks like a number, both of which are found in this puzzle's title
                                    21. 42A
                                      Paper size (abbr.)
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                                      Migratory bird named after the Latin for "I am green"
                                    23. 45A
                                      Noddy's creator, ___ Blyton
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                                      "Let It Go" singer
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                                      Pretty good grade
                                    26. 49A
                                      County east of London
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                                      Fragrant chemical compound
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                                      Followers of Guru Nanak
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                                      Type of Ray-Bans made famous by Maverick
                                    30. 60A
                                      Chicken pot ___ (broth)
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                                      St. Paul's state
                                    32. 63A
                                      Who you have to rob to pay Paul
                                    33. 65A
                                      Plantation in "Gone With the Wind"
                                    34. 66A
                                      Danish shoe brand
                                    35. 67A
                                      ___ keyboard (types)
                                    36. 68A
                                      Father of X AE A-XII
                                    37. 69A
                                      Close by
                                    38. 70A
                                      Mountain climber's spike
                                    39. 71A
                                      ___ meme (internet content that has lost its value through overuse)
                                    Verticali
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                                      Enjoys gum
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                                      Opposite of innie
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                                      "The West Wing" actor, Oliver ___
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                                      Writers
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                                      "___ Brute?"
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                                      N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide's common name
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                                      ___ nutshell
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                                      ___ del Sol
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                                      Tire patterns
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                                      "It's me!" (but more pretentiously)
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                                      Russia's ___ Mountains
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                                      Use the oven
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                                      41 down's annotation
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                                      Bon Jovi's "Livin' ___ prayer"
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                                      Time off, for short
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                                      NASA program that visited Venus, Mars and Mercury (but not 40 across)
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                                      "The Simpsons" character, Disco ___
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                                      Record using a VCR
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                                      Water source
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                                      Some NCOs
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                                      Off-road transport, for short
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                                      Pre-, mid-, or post-___ (different premill. interpretations of the End Times)
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                                      Car sticker letters
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                                      Singer, ___ Redding
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                                      Waititi's main squeeze (congrats on the recent engagement!)
                                    26. 40D
                                      Tilt
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                                      Publishing staff (abbr.)
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                                      ___ of Aquitaine
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                                      Used to be
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                                      Clog, as a drain
                                    31. 50D
                                      Jargon suffix
                                    32. 52D
                                      Recursive acronym for ERESI Reverse Engineering Software Interface
                                    33. 54D
                                      Eucalypt-eating marsupial
                                    34. 55D
                                      Wyandot people
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                                      Punish with the palm
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                                      "You said it!"
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                                      Opposite of virtue
                                    38. 59D
                                      Ancient Peruvian
                                    39. 60D
                                      Mexican money
                                    40. 61D
                                      Teheran's country
                                    41. 64D
                                      Vietnamese holiday
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